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GM and MP Materials enter long-term supply agreement to scale rare earth magnet sourcing and production in US

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General Motors and MP Materials ( earlier post ) have formed a strategic collaboration to develop a fully integrated US supply chain for rare earth magnets. This strategic collaboration seeks to accelerate the restoration of the US rare earth supply chain at commercial scale with high resiliency and environmental sustainability.

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GM and POSCO Chemical to process cathode active material at new $400M joint venture plant in Québec

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The site’s construction will allow for future expansion opportunities as GM continues to pursue many potential future EV supply chain projects. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain. —Scott Bell, president and managing director, GM Canada.

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UPS to invest $130M in > 700 natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; > $1B invested in alt fuels since 2008

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Fort Worth, Texas; and Arlington, Texas. Four hundred semi-tractors will be supplied by Freightliner and Kenworth and 330 terminal trucks by TICO. The initiative will help UPS reach its 2020 goal of one in four new vehicles purchased being an alternative fuel or advanced technology vehicle. Plainfield, Ind.;

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